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Tripartite partners validate assessment of Namibia's alignment with ILO Convention No. 102
A tripartite workshop reviewed Namibia's social security law and practice against international minimum standards, validating an assessment that will inform the country's readiness to ratify and effectively implement Convention No. 102.
Green skills
Green construction skills chart a sustainable future for Filipino youth
For young Filipinos, green construction skills are opening the door for a better future of work while helping build stronger, safer, and more climate resilient communities.
Journalists strengthen their knowledge to fight child labour in Ghana
Journalists from across Ghana strengthened their knowledge of child labour, business and human rights through an International Labour Organization workshop under the ACCEL Africa project, financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the...
Employment services and South-South Cooperation
Tailoring counselling support to advance sustainable workforce development in Cambodia
ILO-supported training equips a counsellor with the skills to deliver more inclusive employment services across Cambodia.
Our impact, their voices
Growing skills, growing opportunities: Two trainers transforming cocoa cultivation in Timor-Leste
The ILO's Agroforestry Skills and Employment Resilience Project, funded by the European Union, is strengthening skills in cocoa cultivation, enabling participants to improve farming practices and create new opportunities for their communities.
Just transition
Union leader in the Philippines brings just transition across Mindanao
A just transition in the Philippines must leave no worker behind, especially in Mindanao where unions are helping vulnerable, informal, and young workers build a fairer and more sustainable future.
Youth employment
Learning through experience, growing through skills: A Viet Nam Youth Network member's story
Quynh Chi, a member of the ILO-Korea Youth Network for Decent Work and Green Jobs in Viet Nam, shares how hands-on learning, opportunities to apply knowledge in practice, community engagement and collaboration with other young people have helped her...
Apprenticeship
Breaking barriers, floor by floor: Nabeha Marzan's journey into engineering
Nabeha Marzan is one of 47 apprentices who gained industry-ready skills through ILO's re-modelled industry-institute Attachment Programme with the Ministry of Education of Bangladesh, landing a full-time role with her industry partner.
Blog
Old Skills for new technologies?
AI has major implications for the skills workers need to access quality jobs. This article argues that foundational skills, more so than AI expertise, will be central for workforces to navigate this transformation.
SDG Action
Employment that empowers women
Chidi King, Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion branch chief at the ILO, explains how work can liberate women and transform societies, but employment alone is not enough. As digital, green, and demographic transitions reshape labor markets,...
Investment facilitation for decent work
Strengthening the role of Investment Promotion Agency in promoting quality Foreign Direct Investment and the creation of more and better jobs
PROSPECTS Impact
Enterprise bridges needs: how youth innovation is supporting livestock owners in Kassala
Through the ILO PROSPECTS supported i-UPSHIFT programme, a group of young entrepreneurs in Kassala State transformed a local challenge into a business opportunity, improving access to veterinary medicines for livestock farmers while creating...
Social protection
Building a secure future: Young Indonesians share why social protection matters
The ILO and University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) brought together young people to discuss why social protection matters and how it can help them build a more secure future.
Uganda strengthens rural livelihoods to help prevent child labour in coffee-growing communities
Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) supported by the ILO's ACCEL Africa project are helping coffee-growing households diversify their incomes, strengthen their financial resilience and reduce the economic pressures that contribute to child...
Blog
The Middle East crisis: Activating social dialogue early matters
The Middle East crisis underscores the importance of early social dialogue to help protect jobs, incomes and working conditions, and support more resilient and inclusive responses in labour markets and economies.
Promoting responsible business conduct to eliminate child labour in Kenya's coffee supply chains
Employers, coffee cooperatives and government representatives in Kisii and Kericho counties have strengthened their capacity to promote Responsible Business Conduct and prevent child labour in Kenya's coffee sector through the ILO's ACCEL Africa...
Digital Inclusion
Preparing Rwanda’s teachers for the future of work
Rwanda is developing a Digital Skills Competency Framework for TVET teachers to strengthen teaching, respond to changing labour market needs and better prepare young people for increasingly digital and technology-enabled workplaces.
International day of cooperatives
A youth-led poultry cooperative gives entrepreneurs in Ethiopia a pathway to decent work
With support from the ILO, a cooperative in Addis Ababa is showing how a sustainable enterprise can strengthen livelihoods and help create opportunities for young people.
Five international lessons on the social and solidarity economy for the Palestinian context
From crisis response and care services to local economic development and digitalization, countries around the world are increasingly turning to the social and solidarity economy (SSE) and its entities to address pressing social and economic...
Social Justice
ILO–Judiciary partnership strengthens labour justice and prepares Tanzania for the future of work
A strong partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Judiciary of Tanzania continues to deliver lasting results in strengthening labour justice, promoting the rule of law, and protecting rights at work.
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